Metal

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Years after the best times for nu-metal are long behind us, it seems people just can’t get enough of the bands that were dominating teenagers’ lockers and Walkmans in the late 90s/early 2000s. Slipknot’s donning the old 1999 red jumpsuits on a 25th anniversary tour, Korn’s still a

We all may be gearing up for a weekend of barbecues and hangout seshes, but for a few of us here at the MetalSucks compound, we’re still stuck back at last weekend’s Milwaukee Metalfest. Can you blame us?! So many kick ass bands, so many drinks consumed, so many fun conversations with fans… It was

Months after its original release date back in September, Bring Me The Horizon suddenly announced today that Post Human: NeX GEn was going to finally get released very, very soon. And when I say soon, I mean midnight tonight, soon. The band took to their social media accounts earlier today, sharing video game-esque trailers for

This year’s edition of Maryland Deathfest kicks off tomorrow, but that don’t mean the folks behind it all haven’t been getting ready to blow your head off with next year’s fest. No sir — in fact, they dropped the first wave of band announcements earlier today and let’s just say it’s a doozy. Featuring the

Some men just want to watch the world burn, others just want to watch the stage burn. When it comes to stage pyrotechnics, Slayer guitarist Kerry King is as fascinated with fire as that one questionable kid in high school — you know the one. Slayer is known for their impressive pyrotechnics display in their

In a recent video clip shared by The Osbournes podcast, Jack Osbourne asked his family members their biggest fears, and the most notorious metal singer of all time, Ozzy Osbourne, said that his biggest fear was rats. I mean, rats are certainly gross, but I think the all-consuming existential dread of human existence might outweigh

It seems like everything is “blackened” something-or-other nowadays, doesn’t it? Apparently all it takes is some MIDI orchestration on top of fast blast beats and high pitched screams, maybe a pentagram here or there, and once that element of atmosphere has been added, now all of a sudden it’s “blackened deathcore” or “blackened death metal”

A major anti-trust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and nearly 30 states could potentially alter the concert-going landscape for the better, as officials are now suing to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Originally reported by Bloomberg, the lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York alleges that the company’s grasp

This summer, Europe will get a taste of the “Second City” when Chicaco’s own Harm’s Way crosses the Atlantic for a 17-date run through the continent. Set to kick off on June 24 at Copenhell in Copenhagen, Denmark and coming to a close at the Ieper Hardcore Fest in Ieper, Belguim on July 7, the

Fans of Bad Omens out in Europe and the U.K. are going to be disappointed with this news, but the band has announced that they’re canceling their summer touring commitments due to what vocalist Noah Sebastian describes as “extreme burnout.” In a tweet posted earlier today, Sebastian said that all of the work put into

Last weekend, bands from all over the place descended on The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee to partake in one of the most badass festivals out there — Milwaukee Metal Fest. Packed to the gills with some of the day’s best bands, the weekend was a great time for metalheads of all stripes to get out

Earlier today, the U.S. Justice Department joined forces with 30 states and Washington D.C. to file a massive anti-trust lawsuit against everyone’s totally favorite company Live Nation. In the complaint, officials alleged that the company’s influence on the live music industry was stifling competition and hurting consumers by inflating ticket prices to unnecessarily high levels.

In a move that’s likely pissing off crusty gatekeepers and “that’s not metal” squealers all over the internet, kawaii metal titans Babymetal have teamed up with German electronicore and all around good time Electric Callboy to create the Molotov cocktail of catchiness titled “Ratatata.” Honestly, this song is a great melding of the two bands’

Earlier today, W.A.S.P. and its frontman Blackie Lawless announced that the planned U.S. leg of the “The 40th Never Stops World Tour” was canceled due to an ongoing back injury that he needs to be worked on. At the time, we’d only heard from Lawless, but the tour also affected Armored Saint, who were also

Ever since they dropped the two singles “Blast Furnace” and “Standoff” earlier this week, Fugitive has been on repeat here at MetalSucks HQ. Gimme some good fucking thrash and it’s on repeat, man. So you can imagine my excitement when not only did they release a video for the killer “Blast Furnace,” but they made

Despite the various lineup changes within All That Remains, one of the constant faces within the band has been drummer Jason Costa. Yet all of that changed earlier today, as he announced his departure from the act after 17 years. According to a post on the band’s official Instagram account, the 50-year-old drummer assured fans

With a mall goth look and a sound that blends alt-metal and pop, it’s easy to think of Florida-based outfit Living Dead Girl as a sort of American version of Babymetal — or maybe a less avant-garde Poppy. And while there’s certainly that collision of musical genres, this band should absolutely be on your radar

Ten years after its original release, Dayal Patterson’s book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult will be hitting book store shelves once again, only this time it’s bigger and blacker than before. Touted as the “Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition,” this new version of the book will provide an updated and more expansive look into

Hindsight is always 20/20, but for ex-Five Finger Death Punch drummer Jeremy Spencer, the past is much clearer looking back at his ill-fated Psychosexual and Psycho Synner projects. You may not remember them, or you only remember them with a snarky joke attached to it, but the projects saw Spencer dressed up as a devil,

On Prosaic, the upcoming studio effort from Mizmor, the doomy, blackened, all-things-heavy-and-slow band continue their epic narrative with a really solid record. Since the band’s inception back in 2012, project mastermind A.L.N. has been exploring the existential, and he does so once again on this record. It is both intimate and expansive, dark and light.